Panel says federal wolf plan used unproven science

[IDemo]

Source: Idaho Statesman

BILLINGS, Mont. — A proposal to lift federal protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. suffered a significant setback Friday as an independent review panel said the government is relying on unsettled science to make its case.

Federal wildlife officials want to remove the animals from the endangered species list across the Lower 48 states, except for a small population in the Southwest.

The five-member U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service peer-review panel was tasked with reviewing the government's claim that the Northeast and Midwest were home to a separate species, the eastern wolf.

If the government were right, that would make gray wolf recovery unnecessary in those areas.



Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/02/07/3014569/panel-says-wolf-plan-used-unproven.html

[Scootaloo]

1. There is only one grey wolf species

It comes in several varieties that are locally distinct, but all are Canis lupus - they are completely interfertile and readily breed with each other when able (they're also not shy about coyotes, thus we get the "red wolf" - most domestic dogs have a different set of body language cues, and so wolves don't "naturally" mate with them that much.)

The eastern grey wolf - C. lupus lycaeon - is a unique population, but it is not an individual species

[red dog 1]

2. I don't care if they're Gray, Black, Red or any other color.... I love wolves!

and those redneck wolf killers in states like Idaho, Montana, Alaska, & Wyoming can kiss my Irish ass!

God Bless the folks on that US Fish & Wildlife Service peer-review panel.

Thanks for posting, 1Demo